Comparative genomic analysis of ten clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from a Malaysian hospital reveal 31 new unique drug-resistant SNPs using whole genome sequencing

Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, specifically in relation to community-acquired pneumonia. Due to the overuse of antibiotics, S. pneumoniae has developed a high degree of resistance to a wide range of antibacterial drugs. M...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jindal, Hassan Mahmood, Ramanathan, Babu, Le, Cheng Foh, Gudimella, Ranganath, Razali, Rozaimi, Manikam, Rishya, Sekaran, Shamala Devi
Format:	Article
Published:	BMC 2018
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/21736/ https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-018-0414-8
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!